Even though the Wii U hosts some of Nintendo’s greatest games, the console sold poorly. This partially had to do with Nintendo’s lineup; after all, the best games released long after the Wii U’s launch. Nintendo relied heavily on sequels and remakes, but many of those games weren’t different or innovative enough to attract players—including Nintendo fans.

The Wii U also suffered from poor, unclear advertising. Using “Wii” in its name and Wii Remotes for gameplay, the Wii U strangely functions more like an enhanced Wii than an independent console. Several games rely more on the GamePad than Wii Remotes, but the GamePad isn’t a very good controller. The touchscreen works well, but the other controls feel awkward beneath your fingers.

Nintendo included more DLC starting with the Wii U, particularly with amiibo. These figurines have mixed reception; in my opinion, their price doesn’t match their usefulness. Some Wii U games require amiibo, though, so you may find certain amiibo figurines worthwhile.

Despite its flaws, the Wii U offers a lot of great titles. Fortunately, Nintendo is developing some of these games for their most recent console, the Switch. Other games are currently exclusive to the Wii U. If you own the console, you absolutely need to play these games. Here are the 50 Wii U games published by Nintendo, ranked from worst to best so you know which to buy and which you should avoid at all costs.

50 Star Fox Zero

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Thanks to Star Fox’s core shooting mechanics, fans expected the franchise to dominate the Wii—yet Star Fox never appeared on the Wii. Because of that (as well as the 10-year gap between Command and Zero), Star Fox Zero built an incredible amount of hype.

Sadly, that hype was misplaced. Apart from its beautiful graphics, Star Fox Zero disappoints players in every way. The GamePad’s gyroscopic motion controls are clunky. Zero introduces poor mechanics like the Walker, weird camera angles, and unnecessary aiming on the GamePad’s screen.

Nintendo delayed Star Fox Zero in response to negative feedback, yet they failed to improve the gameplay. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Nintendo mistakenly threw out the characters and storylines from previous Star Fox games, making Zero an awful reboot that ruins the franchise.

49 Mario Party 10

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Nobody asked for a new Mario Party game, yet Nintendo nonetheless created Mario Party 10 and ruined everything we love about the series. The previous titles perfectly combined board game elements with mini-games. Mario Party 10, on the other hand, focuses solely on the mini-games. Every player moves together in a single cart, thus turning boards into linear tracks. Instead of strategically racing ahead of players, crushing them, or pursuing secret routes, you must follow whatever path other characters choose—and you can’t interact with those characters.

In addition to ruining the board games, Mario Party 10 includes terrible mini-games. Nintendo designs misbalanced mini-games where some players get an unfair advantage. Even the fair competitions are usually chaotic. Apart from the occasional well-designed mini-game, nothing in Mario Party 10 is fun to play.

48 Pokkén Tournament

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A real-time version of Pokémon Stadium may sound amazing, but Pokkén Tournament skewers the fighting game genre. Most fighting games wisely stick to a 2D perspective, but Pokkén Tournament awkwardly switches between Duel Phase (2D) and Field Phase (3D). Field Phase ruins the game with its terrible camera. The camera works somewhat well during single-player mode because it stays behind your character; in multiplayer, you never know where the camera will go or which player will have the advantageous perspective.

Pokkén Tournament entirely takes place in circular arenas. These arenas nicely pay homage to Pokémon Stadium, but they’re boring for a real-time fighting game.

The battles themselves are somewhat fun, but too many delays and cinematics accompany your attacks. With smoother gameplay and more varied level design, Pokkén Tournament could have amazing.

47 Mario & Sonic At The Rio 2016 Olympic Games

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Every Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games title’s been worse and less original than the last, making Rio 2016 the worst of the bunch. Most of the Olympic mini-games come from previous games, and they feel just as bland as they did before. The new sports—football, rugby, and boxing—are even less interesting thanks to underdeveloped gameplay and little variation between character stats.

Rio 2016 boasts amazing graphics, but the settings barely make use of those graphics. Every mini-game takes place in drab stadiums except Duel Football and Archery, which offer beautiful views of the city. Nintendo ought to show more of Rio to justify the setting and visually entertain players. As it is, Rio 2016 combines boring gameplay with boring visuals.

46 Devil’s Third

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Only the multiplayer of Devil’s Third is any fun, and the multiplayer is vastly inferior to other shooters like Halo and Call of Duty. With clunky controls and an awkward third-person camera, you’ll only occasionally enjoy online multiplayer.

The single-player campaign, on the other hand, is impossible to enjoy. Both regular attacks and cinematic kills look terrible. Ivan and his enemies move awkwardly, slashing at each other like brick walls. In addition to awful attacks, the enemies have poor AI programming and sometimes move away instead of fighting you.

Finally, the story and characters are so bad you’ll never want to finish the campaign. With poor voice acting and an abundance of cutscenes, you’ll cringe throughout the campaign—although you’ll enjoy the occasional well-written joke.

45 Game & Wario

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Originally designed as a launch title for the Wii U, Game & Wario released half a year after the Wii U came out. The 16 mini-games show 16 different ways you can use the Wii U—and they’re incredibly boring. With clunky controls, slow pacing, and singular objectives, the mini-games show why so many people criticize Wii U mechanics. The simplistic games also demonstrate why mechanics—no matter how brilliant they are—need good content so you can fully appreciate those mechanics.

The game would have been bad no matter what, but it’s especially disappointing as a member of the Wario franchise. Game & Wario throws in our favorite Wario characters while abandoning the quirkiness, fast pace, and varied gameplay that make Wario games so much fun.

44 Wii Party U

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Like Mario Party 10, Wii Party U combines a linear, uninteresting board with a list of unpolished mini-games. These mini-games use strange mechanics and even stranger objectives, leaving you confused and dissatisfied after every round.

The only reason Wii Party U trumps Mario Party 10 is its charm. While Mario Party 10 lacks originality, Wii Party U isn’t afraid to be weird. You’ll find yourself laughing as yours Miis throw themselves across the screen and beat each other silly with hammers. I highly recommend playing the game with other people; if you play alone, you’ll want to stop playing as soon as you start. With your friends, you can laugh together at just how terrible and bizarre Wii Party U is.

43 New Super Mario Bros. U

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New Super Mario Bros. Wii is one of the most overrated games of all time, and its sequel isn’t any different. New Super Mario Bros. U uses the same music, aesthetics, and controls of its prequel, giving fans a completely unoriginal game. While the Wii game added great power-ups like the Penguin Suit to the franchise, the Wii U sequel adds boring outfits like Flying Squirrel Mario (which is just a worse version of Cape Mario).

Instead of fixing the franchise’s problems or making an innovative platformer, New Super Mario Bros. U is a worse version of its prequel. The majority of levels and bosses still feel stagnant, and multiplayer is still a chaotic mess. If you want an exciting 2D Mario game, you should play New Super Luigi U instead—but you’ll find out all about that further down the list.

42 Dr. Luigi

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If you enjoyed Dr. Mario, you might enjoy Dr. Luigi—but I don’t guarantee it. Dr. Luigi upgrades the franchise with 3D, HD graphics—and they actually worsen the game. Luigi and the viruses move outside the playing field, distracting you from the core gameplay. Even the playing field looks terrible: the 3D pills move nauseatingly across the screen. Nintendo should have stuck with older, smoother graphics and avoided outside the movement. With Luigi awkwardly swinging his arm back and forth, you’ll never want to look in his direction.

Apart from the annoying visuals, Dr. Luigi preserves the gameplay of Dr. Mario. In fact, the gameplay’s almost exactly the same. If you’re looking for an original sequel, Dr. Luigi isn’t the game for you.

41 Sing Party

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Outside of its wonderful song selection, Sing Party has no outstanding features. Single-player and competitive karaoke are fun enough, but Sing Party also includes terrible “party” modes. Other players can participate as backup singers or audience members. After trying these roles, however, you’ll never want to play them again. You barely participate; when you do, you perform bizarre, boring actions like cheering and dancing. Nobody wants to cheer and dance in a singing game, particularly when the developers put so little effort into those modes.

Fortunately, Sing Party does well with its primary singing modes. The Wii U microphone interprets voices well—it’s very good at reading both notes and words. Sing Party occasionally includes great visuals, but the backgrounds are usually uninspired, odd visuals like 3D polygons. You’d probably enjoy regular karaoke more than playing Sing Party, particularly if you’re singing with friends.

40 Mario & Sonic At The Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games

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I’ve always enjoyed the winter versions of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games more than the summer games. The winter mini-games take place in larger, more varied settings—and the snowy courses look better than running tracks.

Sochi 2014 also improved the franchise in multiple ways. The game introduces online multiplayer, making Sochi 2014 more worthy of your money and time than previous titles. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games has always been more fun with other people. Nintendo finally realized this and included online multiplayer, giving you more people to compete with.

The game adds Figure Skating Pairs to the franchise, which is quite entertaining. Two players must work together in a variety of actions, including holding hands, jumping, and spinning around each other. The other mini-games may bore you, but Figure Skating Pairs will make you and your friends laugh in no time.

39 The Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD

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Twilight Princess HD is fairly fun for new players, but it’s frustrating for those of us who played the original Twilight Princess. Everyone expects better graphics in HD remasters, yet Twilight Princess HD looks almost exactly the same.

Nintendo only made minor changes to gameplay, too. Switching items and transforming into a wolf is easier. Hero Mode offers more challenging combat. Unfortunately, Nintendo added poor ideas like the Ghost Lantern (which points you toward Poes) and fewer Tears of Light, making the easy game even easier than it should be.

Instead of focusing on making new Legend of Zelda games, Nintendo pointlessly remastered Twilight Princess. If you’ve already played Twilight Princess on GameCube or Wii, there’s no need for you to play the Wii U version.

38 Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge

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While previous Ninja Gaiden games wonderfully challenge players, Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge abandons difficult combat for “epic” gameplay. Countering and dodging no longer play an important role thanks to the cinematic kills of Razor’s Edge. These cinematic kills not only interrupt combat but also emphasize how clunky the combat is. In Razor’s Edge, Ryu only kills enemies fluidly during cinematic kills; otherwise, he awkwardly hacks at enemies. Other Ninja Gaiden games use consistently fluid combat, turning every press of the button into a satisfying, believable attack.

Earlier games featured more difficult and more varied enemies, keeping players on their toes from one fight to the next. Ninja Gaiden 3 discards that difficulty, making the game accessible to a wider audience but disappointing most Ninja Gaiden fans.

37 Pokémon Rumble U

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Of all the odd Pokémon spin-off games in the world, Pokémon Rumble U least deserves a place in the franchise. The game abandons turn-based strategy for real-time hack and slash—except instead of hacking and slashing, you beat your head against other Pokémon until they collapse. Your Pokémon’s type helps against certain enemies; apart from that, the game lacks any strategy.

Nonetheless, Pokémon Rumble U surpasses Pokkén Tournament. Both games solely use circular stages, but Pokémon Rumble U occasionally adds obstacles to keep gameplay interesting. Unlike Pokkén Tournament, Pokémon Rumble U has a stable camera with only one angle. Finally, Pokémon Rumble U features a 4-player cooperative mode. You won’t enjoy this game alone, but the game can be pretty entertaining when played with friends.

36 Wii Sports Club

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Wii Sports Club—an HD remake of Wii Sports—improves upon the original game by adding online multiplayer. That’s it. Despite the HD graphics, Wii Sports Club looks just like Wii Sports. The five mini-games are still fun, but they feel the same as in the prequel—except for Golf. You still swing your virtual golf club with the Wii Remote, but now you place the ball at your feet with the GamePad. This makes Golf more realistic, challenging, and fun; just make sure you don’t accidentally step on the GamePad.

If you want to enjoy Wii Sports with online friends or strangers, you should get Wii Sports Club. Otherwise, there’s little point in buying the remake, even if you haven’t played the original game. After all, Wii Sports is one of Nintendo’s most overrated games.

35 Hyrule Warriors

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While the bigger, tougher enemies in Hyrule Warriors are fun to fight, most of the game offers no satisfying challenges. You hack and slash through mobs of weak enemies like Bokoblins and Stalchildren—which is surprisingly disappointing thanks to the lack of difficulty. Cutscenes, cinematic attacks, and useless enemy hordes make gameplay far less interactive than it should be.

As an uncreative rip-off of Dynasty Warriors, Hyrule Warriors feels out of place in the Legend of Zelda series. I loved the opportunity to finally control Zelda on the battlefield, but the other changes worsen the franchise. With poor voice acting, oversexualized female characters, and boring combat, Hyrule Warriors entertains some players but angers many Zelda fans.

34 Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash

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If Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash was redesigned as a regular tennis game—one completely unrelated to Mario—it’d be a pretty good game. You can hit the ball a variety of ways, all giving matches a realistic, quick pace. The game may bore you after a while, but it’ll keep you entertained for at least a few hours.

As a Mario Tennis game, however, Ultra Smash is a major disappointment. What happened to the amazing power-ups and character abilities that make Mario sports games so much fun? The only power-up in Ultra Smash is the Mega Mushroom, which you can only access in Mega Battle mode. The Mega Mushroom isn’t particularly fun or exciting—particularly since your character blocks most of the screen.

33 Art Academy: SketchPad

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Art Academy: SketchPad functions more as an application program than a video game. Giving you every color you’d ever want of pencils, colored pencils, and pastels, SketchPad is a wonderful digital drawing tool. Drawing on the GamePad feels great (unless, of course, you prefer feeling paper beneath your fingers).

SketchPad improves upon previous Art Academy games through online functions. Now you can share your work with an online Nintendo community, and you can view amazing drawings made by strangers.

Unfortunately, SketchPad doesn’t include drawing lessons like other Art Academy games. With lessons, SketchPad could have been a helpful, informative app. Instead, it’s a tool that supports your hobbies without necessarily enhancing them. Nintendo learned from this key mistake in the sequel, Art Academy: Home Studio—which you’ll see later in this article.

32 NES Remix

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NES Remix takes moments from classic NES games like Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda and combines them with short, simple challenges. That might sound like a fun idea, but Nintendo terribly executes the concept. The challenges just aren’t challenging. I’d much rather play through the NES games or their ports; the original games offer more satisfying, authentic challenges.

Since you only spend a little time with each game, you have to learn a lot of controls. NES Remix forces you through excessive tutorials before the challenges. You almost spend as much time beating the challenges as completing the tutorials. No video game should require tutorials, particularly one that consists of 16 separate NES titles.

31 New Super Luigi U

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New Super Luigi U is the fast-paced, fresh game New Super Mario Bros. U should have been. Nintendo originally released New Super Luigi U as DLC for New Super Mario Bros. U, but the game can now be purchased separately. The DLC converts the original game’s stages into more challenging levels. With more enemies and a shorter time limit (you only have 100 seconds to complete each stage!), New Super Luigi U challenges even the greatest Super Mario players.

As the DLC of an uncreative game, New Super Luigi U still isn’t particularly innovative. However, the game makes up for its lack of new ideas with a thrilling mashup of old ideas. If you enjoy the unforgiving difficulty of early Super Mario games, you’ll love New Super Luigi U.